The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1887-07-09
GARIBALDI'S LETTER
WHY AR. MoRoslNl PRIZES 1T ABo' =
HIS ART TREASURES.

A wonderful Collection Of Curios from
Every Land Ii,d Away in tho Bankers
seciud sd Home on the Elurs of the
HudsnA.
On a high bluff overlooking the Hudson
| and abou mile west of KiIgsbridge, is
| Elmhur3t, the residence Of Giovanni p.
| Morosini SURROUNDED on three sides by
gently sllpsng lawns, the house itself
stands upon an cminence that overlooks
many miles OF the most picturesque terri
tory in the state, There are thirty-three
acres in Nj, Morosinis domain, large
part of it being in woodland. The gar
dens, orchards and strawberries give evil
dence of taste and careful cultivation.
Living in this beautiful and secluded spot,
the wealthy owner has devoted the leisure
of many yea,s to the collection Of curiosi-
ties from almost every cline under the
sun. Hardly month passes that he does
not add to his already enormous accumu-
lation of curios, and he has already eX-
pended fortune in gratifying this passion
for the antique. Few persons in this city,
even among his acquaintances, have
known of this peculiar trait of character
in the Wall street operator and partner of
Mr. Gould, and still fewer are aware thai
the tranquil looSing mansion ON tho banks
of the Hudson is veritable arsenal with
in, and holds treasures probably rarer and
of greater value than are to be found in
any private collection of arms in this
country.
A reporter who enjoyed the privilege
of private view of this collection found
it particularly rich in specimens of an
tique armor. In the main hall the visitor
TO- st, 10 oil
that recall the collection in the Tower OF
London Tall knights in full panoply,
} surmounted by nodding plumes, are
} ranged in long lines.
THE MAIN COLLECTION.
c -Four large rooms are devoted to the
main collection which is surprising one
both in extent and variety. One room
presents the appearance of an arsenal
: BY the window are two brass cannon, sur
, rounded by dragons heads at the muzzle
! These were taken by u British war shiI
s from Chinese pirate. Alongs ie are two
Il smaller pieces OF ordnance til did ser
It vice in the German wars at he time o
;, Gustavus Adolphus. Range along thu
J. walls and in the center of the room arr
9 large cabinets containing y mass o
?, weapons sufficient to equip u full regi
If ment Guns, smooth and ritied, of ever,
q conceivable pattern, from the beautiful.
J. decorated and inlaid weapon of the Moo
Is to the modern repeating rifle; Tarta
t, guns, with exquisitely wrought silver or
lie naments some with barrels of shinini
t. silver and others of copper; wonderful
a Arab guns with long and deadly lookin
lie barrels, that recall the old time Kentuck
it rifle; blunderbusses and odd looking fir
lie arms from the Fast; Dutch, German
Austrian and Russian guns, and scor
N or more of the venerable flint lock mus
lie ketS that We're the immediate predecessor
10 of those used in Revolutionary day.
Id There are, too, arquebuses and ugly lool
D. ing pistols of Cromwell's time, wit
ne match IocR ana wheel, iooKing AT wnic
IL the observer no longer wonders at the il
r junction or the stern old protector to h
20 soldiers as to keeping their powder dry.
In the same room are number
swords of rare workmanship and yalu,
Bright cleaning blades from Toledo. wit
rk hits of gold or silver. and scabbards thi
er show the highest skill of the metal worl
e- er's art swords of Damascus steel, wit
IN delicately iuluid and curiously formC
IL hills; keen curved blades that have doub
ge less been worn by some Chinese prince
he japanese dnimio; long, dangerous looFiT
II, rapiers of Venetian make, that have pro
he ably sutted many II victim; the Scott,
IN claymore, the jeweled cimeter of Il
he raiah, the scarcely less decorated weapC
Of OF the Circassan, and the heavy cavall
it swords of the German and Austrian Gu
err, alrynap. The japanese and Chine
nix swords are Il study in themselves. One
ne the most remarkable pieces in the cole
1t ton is ponderous two edged swo
les seven feet long that was said to have be-
is used in the Spanish inquisition. 1t pi